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Effect of alley cropping with Calliandra calothyrsus (Meissm) on sequentially grown maize and cowpeas
(1991)
A series of trials were conducted at the International Institute
of Tropical Agriculture, Ibadan, Nigeria, between January and
December 1988 to evaluate the potential of calljandra for alley
cropping. In a field experiment, ...
Effect of clump planting of maize and time of planting of beans on growth and yield of intercropped maize and beans
(1999)
Two field experiments were conducted at the University of
Nairobi's Faculty of Agriculture Kabete, to investigate
the merits of clump planting of maize and time of planting
of intercropped beans on growth and yield of ...
Combining ability among multiple borer resistant,maize (zea mais, L.) inbred lines, resistant to chilo partellus and busseola fusca stem borers
(2006-04)
Maize (Zea mays L.) is an important cereal crop of the world. It has worldwide significance as human
food, animal feed and raw material for the manufacture of many industrial products. The most
important insect pests of ...
Effects of planting density and weeding regimes on forage and grain yield of maize
(University of Nairobi, 2005)
Maize is a major food and forage crop in Kenya and planting density and weeding
regime influence yield. The effects of weeding regimes and maize planting density on
maize forage, grain yield and quality were evaluated ...
An evaluation of the effects of information and technology characteristics on technology choice and adoption: The case of Striga and stemborer control technologies in maize production in western Kenya
(2009-11)
population is increasing, thus leading to increased demand for food, especially maize which
is a staple food for most of the Kenyan population. Demand for maize in Sub Saharan Africa is projected to double to 52 million ...
Effect of increased intimacy between maize and beans in an intercrop system on growth and yield of maize under varying nitrogen levels.
(1992)
Field
Nairobi's
experiments
Faculty of
increasing
were conducted at the University
Agriculture farm to investigate
of
the
merits
plants
of the proximity between maize and bean
in an intercrop system and how ...
Maize - Pigeon pea Intercrop Resource Use Under Semi-Arid Conditions of Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2004)
A field experiment was conducted at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and
Technology between October 2001 and June 2002 to determine light, water and nitrogen
use in maize-pigeonpea intercrop system. The experiment ...
Elastoplastic and viscoelastic behaviour of cohesionless shelled Maize en masse
(2005)
Cereal maize continues to be one of the most important crops in the world both for
human and livestock use. Bulk harvesting, transportation, handling and processing of
cereal maize is therefore important if the increasing ...
Studies on the efficiency of two breeding methods applied to improve yield and quality in two maize populations carrying Brachytic-2, Opaque-2 and Sugary-2 genes
(1981)
A study was conducted on normal KCR and
KCE and their modified mutant populations carrying
brachytic-2, opaque-2 and sugary-2 genes. The
objective was to study the effect of three mutant
genes on yield and protein ...